Disney asks a judge to toss a lawsuit from board of DeSantis appointees

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This lawsuit is a compulsory counterclaim to the existing litigation filed by Disney

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https://apnews.com/article/disney-desantis-tourism-florida-lgbtq-29171587f99953584baa255d7313d88f

Disney asked a Florida judge on Friday to toss out a lawsuit against the company’s efforts to neutralize a takeover of Disney World’s governing district by Gov. Ron DeSantis and his appointees.

The case in state court in Orlando is one of two stemming from the takeover, which was retaliation for the company’s public opposition to the so-called Don’t Say Gay legislation championed by DeSantis and Republican lawmakers. Disney is fighting DeSantis in one lawsuit and his Disney World board appointees in another.

The governor has touted his yearlong feud with Disney in his run for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, often accusing the entertainment giant of being too “woke.” Disney has accused the governor of violating its free speech rights.

Attorneys for Disney argued before Circuit Judge Margaret Schreiber that any decision in state court would be moot since the Republican-controlled Legislature already has passed a law voiding agreements that the company made with a prior governing board of Disney supporters that gave design and construction powers to the company.

If the judge decides not to dismiss the state case, the entertainment giant asked that the state court case be put on hold until a federal lawsuit in Tallahassee is resolved since they cover the same ground and that lawsuit was filed first.

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1. Best of Luck to Disney against

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2. Given the quickening pace

of major effects from climate change it would be smart for Disney to make plans for leaving what is going to be an area of increasingly high likelihood of constant damage from storms, grueling long lasting heat waves and the resulting impacts on revenue due to repairs and decreased attendance.

When you add an increasingly hostile and bigoted climate for your employees together with the state government hostility and all of these things combined make it a more rational decision to plan for building elsewhere and leaving Florida. My hope would be that Disney would be sure to level it to the ground and sell it off for residential/commercial use rather than letting the crazies take it over as a ready made theme park for themselves.